Situated 4 miles to the west of Leicester city centre and less than a mile from the M1 within the Braunstone industrial area, Leicester Distribution Park benefits from easy access to the UK’s main North / South corridor and the motorway network beyond. As an established manufacturing and logistic location, Leicester offers an extensive and cost-effective labour pool plus the central UK location makes LEDP an unrivalled choice for local, national and international businesses.
HGV DRIVETIMES FROM LEDP*
AIRPORTS
East Midlands
40 mins
Coventry Airport
52 mins
Birmingham International
1 hr 10 mins
Luton Airport
2 hrs 15 mins
Stansted Airport
3 hrs 9 mins
Heathrow Airport
3 hrs 14 mins
PORTS
Liverpool
3 hrs 49 mins
London Gateway
3 hrs 50 mins
Felixstowe
4 hrs 22 mins
RAIL FREIGHT TERMINALS
Daventry (DIRFT)
43 mins
Birch Coppice
1 hr 8 mins
Hams Hall
1 hr 14 mins
Source: www.freightjourneyplanner.co.uk
WORKING AGE POPULATION
WITH 31,300 ACTIVE JOB-SEEKERS
OF THE OVERALL LLEP GVA COMES
FROM THE LOGISTICS SECTOR
OF THE UK POPULATION CAN BE ACCESSED
WITHIN A 4 HOUR HGV DRIVE TIME
OF ALL JOBS IN THE LLEP AREA ARE WITHIN
THE LOGISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION SECTOR
OF EAST MIDLANDS LOGISTICS
OPERATIONS ARE IN LEICESTER
LOWER THAN AVERAGE WAGES:
£35,000 Manager
£24,000 HGV Driver
£17,000 Forklift Driver
£15,500 Warehouse Operator
TONNES OF CARGO PASSED
THROUGH EAST MIDLANDS
AIRPORT IN 2016